Gunner's Guide

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Gunner's Guide
By George Baekeland
This concise treatise on shotguns provides sportsmen with a handy vol-imie rich in gunning lore. George Baekeland, an excellent skeet shooter and field sportsman has assembled "all the information that the average gun owner wants to know." The result is a book packed with readable, accurate and engrossing material.
In the first section the fundamentals of ballistics are reviewed—the various types of shotguns, their parts, construction, and mechanism. There follows a detailed consideration of bores, chokes and shot patterns. Gunners will especially welcome the author's provocative suggestions as to the ideal gun, choke and load combinations to be used for the various game birds. What do you use, for instance, on small ducks? Mr. Baeke-land's choice is a 12-gauge shotgun, 70% (full) choked, with No. 6 shot and 11/^ 02. load. For quail shooting, (Continued on back flap)
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Gunner's Guide
By George Baekeland
This concise treatise on shotguns provides sportsmen with a handy vol-imie rich in gunning lore. George Baekeland, an excellent skeet shooter and field sportsman has assembled "all the information that the average gun owner wants to know." The result is a book packed with readable, accurate and engrossing material.
In the first section the fundamentals of ballistics are reviewed—the various types of shotguns, their parts, construction, and mechanism. There follows a detailed consideration of bores, chokes and shot patterns. Gunners will especially welcome the author's provocative suggestions as to the ideal gun, choke and load combinations to be used for the various game birds. What do you use, for instance, on small ducks? Mr. Baeke-land's choice is a 12-gauge shotgun, 70% (full) choked, with No. 6 shot and 11/^ 02. load. For quail shooting, (Continued on back flap)
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Gunner's Guide
(Continued jrom front flap) if going afoot, he finds the light 20-gauge gun, 40% (cylinder) choked and loaded with No. 8, No. 9, or No. 10 shot most satisfactory.
The discussion of shells includes an evaluation of the so called "super loads," and the author gives evidence in support of his contention that our American guns and loads are generally heavier than necessary; British 12-gauge shotguns, for example, average only 6 to pounds.
The chapters on selecting a gun, ensuring proper fit, and caring for it correctly will prove particularly interesting to the novice gunner. Reading these chapters before investing in a shotgun will save not only money but subsequent shooting disappointment.
There is also authoritative and helpful advice on good form in shooting and the relative merits of the various methods of establishing a correct lead. And all gunners will find the author's material on safety precautions and good gun manners invaluable.

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